17. Which of the following Indian
state did recently sign a MoU with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to
improve the lives of small farmers and promote inclusive agricultural
transformation in the state?

1) Jharkhand

2) Bihar

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Chhattisgarh

5) Odisha

18. International Mother Earth
Day is observed on ___________.

1) 20 April

2) 21 April

3) 23 April

4) 22 April

5) 24 April

19. Which of the following online
platform did recently launch ‘Digital Gold’?

1) Mobikwik

2) Snapdeal

3) Paytm

4) Flipkart

5) Amazon India

20. Which of the following bank
did recently sign an agreement with Confederation of Real Estate Developers’
Associations of India (CREDAI) to provide loans at a concessional rate to
builders as well as customers for affordable housing projects?

1) Axis Bank

2) State Bank of India

3) IDBI Bank

4) Punjab National Bank

5) ICICI Bank

21. World Book and Copyright Day
is observed on _________.

1) 23 April

2) 22 April

3) 24 April

4) 25 April

5) 27 April

22. National Panchayati Raj Diwas
is observed on ______________.

1) 23 April

2) 24 April

3) 25 April

4) 27 April

5) 26 April

23. Which of the following film won
the best film honour at the 41st Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)?

1) Lipstick Under My Burkha

2) Parched

3) Pink

4) Newton

5) None of the above

24. PM Narendra Modi recently launched
the UDAN Scheme. The first UDAN flight was flagged off on _____________.

1) Dharmshala to New Delhi

2) Dehradun to New Delhi

3) Shimla to New Delhi

4) Kadapa to Hyderabad

5) None of these

25. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh
Khan on 27 April 2017 became the first Indian actor to deliver TED speech in
____________.

1) Alberta, Canada

2) Montreal, Canada

3) Calgary, Canada

4) Toronto, Canada

5) Vancouver, Canada

26. Name the first Indian city to
be selected for the Pierre L’Enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement
Awards-2017.

1) Mumbai

2) Varanasi

3) Indore

4) Bhubaneswar

5) Ahmedabad

27. Name the first country in the
world to ban metal mining.

1) Colombia

2) El Salvador

3) Portugal

4) Venezuela

5) Brazil

28. World Day for Safety and
Health at Work observed globally on _____________.

1. 4) The Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) imposed a monetary penalty on Kotak Mahindra Bank and Hong Kong & Shanghai
Banking Corp. Ltd for violation of instructions on reporting requirements of
the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999. The central bank slapped a
fine of Rs70,000 on HSBC and Rs10,000 on Kotak Mahindra Bank in exercise of the
powers in RBI under the provisions of section 11(3) of the FEMA Act.

2. 3) The Income Tax (IT)
department on 14 April 2017 launched the second phase of ‘Operation Clean
Money’ to detect black money post-demonetisation. Over 60000 individuals will
be investigated in the second phase.

3. 1) The Centre has sanctioned
construction of over one lakh more houses for the urban poor with an investment
of Rs 4,200 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).

4. 2) The World Hemophilia Day
was celebrated across the world on 17 April 2017 with the theme “Hear Their
Voices”.

11. 3) The World Intellectual
Property Day 2016 was on 26 April 2017 observed across the world with the theme
Innovation – Improving Lives.

12. 5) India on 24 April 2017
became the world’s fifth-largest military spender, as per the figures released
by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). India spent
around USD 55.9 billion for its military in the year 2016.

13. 1) The Indian Navy on 24
April 2017 began a joint maritime exercise Varuna with the French Navy at the
Mediterranean Sea.

14. 1) Manpree Kaur is associated
with Shot Put. Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur on 24 April 2017 clinched a
gold medal in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in Jinhua,
China.

15. 4) Superstar Aamir Khan was
on 25 April 2017 honoured with the 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award for
his film Dangal, which was one of the biggest hits of 2016.

16. 2) World Malaria Day 2017
observed on April 25 with the theme “Malaria prevention works: Let’s close
the gap”.

17. 5) The Odisha government signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation to improve the lives of small farmers and promote inclusive
agricultural transformation in the state.

18. 4) The International Mother
Earth Day was observed on 22 April 2017 across the world. The theme for the
year is Environmental & Climate Literacy.

19. 3) Payments app Paytm on 27
April 2017 launched ‘Digital Gold’ on its platform to allow customers to buy
and sell gold through electronic platform.

20. 2) State-owned SBI and
realtors’ body CREDAI have signed an agreement to provide loans at a
concessional rate to builders as well as customers for affordable housing
projects.

21. 1) The World Book and
Copyright Day was celebrated on 23 April 2017 across the globe.

22. 2) The National Panchayati
Raj Diwas was observed across India on 24 April 2017.

23. 4) Actor Rajkummar
Rao-starrer film ‘Newton’ in April 2017 won the best film honour at the 41st
Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).

25. 5) Bollywood actor Shah Rukh
Khan on 27 April 2017 became the first Indian actor to deliver TED speech in
Vancouver, Canada.

26. 4) Bhubaneswar, the capital
city of Odisha, on 27 April 2017 was selected for the Pierre L’Enfant Planning
Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017. The city was selected for the award for
good and advanced town planning and engaging its residents in the planning
process.

27. 2) El Salvador in April 2017
became the first country in the world to ban metal mining.

28. 3) The World Day for Safety
and Health at Work 2017 was observed across the world on 28 April 2017 with the
theme ‘Optimize the collection and use of OSH data’.